TripAdvisor Reviews Georgioupolis Beach Hotel

Travel Blogs from Georgioupolis

... fear and paranoia did get the walls built and like today assisted in draining resources the city-government- could have used else where. Like widening the streets. We're driving a small VW van but the roads and alleys of Hania are tight. Sometimes people have to move patio furniture to proceed. Before I could park a few blocks from our suite I had to lift two scooters and move them to make a parking space. We're meeting some friends coming from India, ...

Next we go to a tavern set up as high in the foothills, as you can go. Through winding switch backs we head higher and higher as Pantelis tells us we have to go to the tavern to get the key for the church. And of course, we will have to have food. Kathy (I think is in need of a hearing test) thinks we are somehow getting food to bring to the church as some ...

This morning we woke up in Chania, Crete. We had been to Crete some years ago but were on the other side of the island. It was OK then but it was nothing to rave about. Today's experience was completely different. I doubt there is a more charming and beautiful place on earth. Chania overlooks the Aegean Sea against a stunning mountain backdrop. We had no tour planned for the day. So we just walked around and got lost in the ...

... like to know about hiking in Albania and we wanted more information on cycling in Ireland so we exchanged email addresses. Our bus was in Sougia when we arrived and we spent the next hour or so driving over several mountain ranges on some of the tightest switchback roads that we have ever been on. It was dark when we got back to our hotel and we were tired. A quick dinner of very good mezes and we headed for ...

... after they restored it between 1830 and 1840 but this version of it was built by the Venetians. Dinner was close by at Chrisostomos which specializes in baked meat. The place was packed and we were glad we had the hotel make a reservation for us.

There is a good days worth of walking around the old town which we did taking in the castle, the waterfront, the Mycenaean archeological dig and just absorbing the Greek feel of the town ...